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PEOPLE
The group in Summer 2024
There are currently 20 members of the group: 7 postdocs, 11 PhD students, 1 master student, 1 research assistant, and one member of support staff.
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Lab telephone number: +44 (0)1223 336364
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View information of former group members.
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Postdocs:
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dr Nupur Goswami
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Dr Nupur Goswami (she/her)
ng562[at]cam.ac.uk
PhD, IIT Bombay, 2024
Advisor: Prof. Debabrata Maiti
Dr François Richard (he/him)
fr419[at]cam.ac.uk
PhD, Queen Mary University of London, 2021
Advisor: Dr Stellios Arseniyadis
Dr Hannah Askey (they/them)
ha601[at]cam.ac.uk
PhD, University of Bath, 2024
Advisor: Dr. Alexander Creswell
Dr Marcus Grocott (he/him)
mg978[at]cam.ac.uk
PhD, University of Cambridge, 2024
Advisor: Prof. Matthew Gaunt
Dr Joey Bell-Tyrer (he/him)
jjb222[at]cam.ac.uk
PhD, University of X, 20XX
Advisor: XX
Dr Xiaohua Lu
xl696[at]cam.ac.uk
PhD, NUS, 2025
Advisor: Prof. Ming Joo Koh
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Joey
Xiao
Fifth Year PhD Students:
Hanna is part of the SynTech Centre for Doctoral Training and works on DNA functionalization.
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Hanna Saik (she/her)
hms63[at]cam.ac.uk
MSci, University of Cambridge, 2021
Advisor: Prof. Matthew Gaunt
Sarah Beaton (he/him)
sb2499[at]cam.ac.uk
MSci, University of Bristol, 2021
Advisor: Prof. Carmen Galan
Fourth Year PhD Students:
Russell is part of the SynTech Centre for Doctoral Training and works on novel C-N coupling methods.
Basia is part of the SynTech Centre for Doctoral Training and works on the functionalisation of nucleotides.
Markus is part of the SynTech Centre for Doctoral Training and works on novel methods of macrocyclisation.
Basia Kraus (they/them)
bmk30[at]cam.ac.uk
MSci, University of Cambridge, 2022
Advisor: Prof. Michele Vendruscolo
Markus Böcker (he/him)
mnab3[at]cam.ac.uk
MSc, ETH Zürich, 2021
Advisor: Prof. Dean Toste
Russell Woodger (he/him)
rw698[at]cam.ac.uk
MChem, University of Oxford, 2022
Advisor: Prof. Michael Willis
Ryan is a Gates scholar and works on the synthesis of amines.
Ryan Kang (he/him)
rjdk2[at]cam.ac.uk
MSci, University of Cambridge, 2022
Advisor: Dr. Pietro Sormanni
Third Year PhD Students:
Alina Lelke (she/her)
al2170[at]cam.ac.uk
MSc, Universität Heidelberg, 2022
Advisor: Prof. Karl-Heinz Altmann
Kohl Ratkovich (he/him)
kar47[at]cam.ac.uk
MS, University of Virginia, 2023
Advisor: Prof. Michael Hilinski
Second year PhD Students:
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Robert
Ka Yan Ngai (she/her)
kyn27[at]cam.ac.uk
MSci, University of Cambridge, 2024
Advisor: Prof. Matthew Gaunt
Robert Langford (he/him)
rl746[at]cam.ac.uk
MChem, University of Oxford, 2024
Advisor: Prof. Darren Dixon
First year PhD Students:
Ioana Oprea (she/her)
io285[at]cam.ac.uk
MChem, St Andrews, 2024
Advisor: Prof. Rebecca Goss
Dip Banerjee (he/him)
db871[at]cam.ac.uk
MSci, University of Cambridge, 2025
Advisor: Prof. Matthew Gaunt
Max Batho (he/him)
mb2752[at]cam.ac.uk
MChem, Durham, 2024
Year in Industry: Roche
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Ioanna
Max
Master student(s):
Nele Heckmann (she/her)
nah53[at]cam.ac.uk
Part III Students:
Andrew Marriott (he/him)
asm206[at]cam.ac.uk
Joe Sweeney (he/him)
jjs77[at]cam.ac.uk
Alex Apostolides (he/him)
aa2409[at]cam.ac.uk
Alex
Andrew
Joe
Susie Kirsten (he/him)
sk2212[at]cam.ac.uk
Susi
Research Assistant(s):
Tal Weissbrod (she/her)
tw652[at]cam.ac.uk
M.Sc., Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, 2024
Advisor: Prof. Ilan Marek
Tal
Support Staff:
James Massey (he/him)
jm2371[at]cam.ac.uk
Group Administrator
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